Article 2 Amendment of the welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

In Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Operations which ma>be performed without an anaesthetic)^f1 for paragraph 7(ii) there shall be substituted—

“(ii)

by any other means—

(a)

in the case of a calf or goat, before the age of two months;

(b)

in the case of a pig, before the age of four weeks; and

(c)

in the case of a lamb, before the age of three months.”.